The international competition jury of the 41^st Cinéma du Réel festival, made up of Carlo Chatrian, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Nino Kirtadze and Madeleine Molyneaux, has crowned Movements of a Nearby Mountain [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Austria’s Sebastian Brameshuber. The third feature-length documentary by the director is a stripped-back work about the daily life of a Nigerian mechanic who recycles spare car parts in a remote region of Austria. Production duties were entrusted to Austria’s Mischief Films and Panama Film together with France’s Le Fresnoy. The international sales are handled by Filmgarten.

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The Louis Marcorelles Award, granted to the best French-language film, went to Nofinofy [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Spaniard Eloy Dominguez Serén, staged by Sweden’s Momento Film in co-production with Germany’s ma.ja.de and Norway’s Fuglene). It’s also worth mentioning that a Special Mention was bestowed upon Green Boys [+leggi anche:
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Here is the full list of award winners:

Awards handed out by the international competition jury

Cinéma du Réel Grand Prize
Movements of a Nearby Mountain [+leggi anche:
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SCAM International Award
This Side of History - John Hulsey (USA)

Awards handed out by the feature-film jury

Institut français - Louis Marcorelles Award
Nofinofy [+leggi anche:
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Special Mention
Green Boys [+leggi anche:
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Loridan Ivens/CNAP (split)
Hamada [+leggi anche:
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Nofinofy - Michael Andrianaly (Madagascar/France)
Special Mention
Capital retour [+leggi anche:
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Best Original Music Award 
Dreams of the Castle [+leggi anche:
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Awards handed out by the short-film jury

Best Short Film Award 
The Dog’s Eye - Laure Portier (France/Belgium)

Tënk Award
Living There Is Not Hell, It Is the Fire of the Desert. The Plenitude of Life That Stayed There Like a Tree - Javiera Véliz Fajardo (Chile/Brazil)

Awards handed out by the young jury

Young Jury Award – Cinéma du Réel
Hamada - Eloy Dominguez Serén
Special Mention
Present. Perfect. - Shengze Zhu (Hong Kong/USA) 

Other awards

Library Award
Let It Burn - Maíra Bühler (Brazil)
Special Mention
Learning from Buffalo - Rima Yamazaki (USA)

The Bois d’Arcy Remand Centre Prisoners’ Award
Building of the Braves - Bojina Panayotova (France) (short film)

Intangible Heritage Award 
Forbach Swing [+leggi anche:
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Audience Award – First Window
J’suis pas malheureuse - Laïs Decaster (France) (medium-length film)